the north is putting significant weapons into southern sudan, their old strategy of divide and conquerey are trying to pit different ethnic groups against each other. i think it is very important for the southerners to continue to negotiate in good pressure on the war. the president of southern sudan and the government of national unity is part of the presidency. he should be able to exercise influence with president of the north and unified. i do not think it is a matter of interest of israel where others, but the north has not made certain things attractive to the southerners. they have the right to make that determination as negotiated in the peace agreement. i think we should keep partisanship out of this and stick to the facts. thanks. host: james, in the pan , mississippi. caller: -- independent line, mississippi. caller: the problem is the lady was saying the united states needs to become more engaged in sudan. we do not have the money or the resources or the manpower or the will in congress to make that happen. i think this is more of a united nations problem. if the united nat

sudan has a tremendous conflict. the north has enslaved the southerners in the past. timber, hydropower, it is full of resources. the largest country in africa with rich resources. the raping of the women, i am not sure where that happened. but in western sudan, there is conflict. there is continued crisis in southern sudan between different tribes. there is a nasty rebel group called the north resistance from you gotta that operate throughout the region. they are operating in the condo and they go around attacking women and children and abusing them. there is quite a lot of conflict and turmoil in the region. host: how effective are outside groups monitoring that in trying to alleviate that situation whether it is the united states or the un? guest: the u.s. has been a big supporter of the un and played a role. there is a peacekeeping mission -- mission in our fruit -- are in dargur. -- darfur. this region is a cure -- huge, more than 900,000 square miles. it is hard to monitor all areas of sudan. host: you mentioned the size and the population, 42.2 million. some other facts we have is the major language is in

let us ensure a fair and just election process for southern sudan. let us use that as a spring board to ensure democracy and basic justice and decency for the west, the east, the north and the center of sudan as well. i thank mr. hoyer, i thank mr. payne and i thank all of those who have spoken up. i hope this will not be another case where we sit by and let never again echo silently and powerlessly through the ages but instead we look back proudly on what we stood up to do as americans and human beings. with that, i yield back. mr. payne: let me surgeonly once again commend the gentleman from virginia, the work he's done speaks for him. and it's a pleasure to have him in our house of representatives. we will certainly look forward to your continued leadership in the next congress. at this time i'd like to introduce the gentleman from georgia who has shown interest in many issues that relate to human right the gentleman from the great state, i mentioned, from georgia, representative barrow. mr. barrow: i thank the gentleman and thank him for his leade

high on president obama's agenda, in three months, southern sudan will enter into independence as a consequence of a peace deal that ended along north and south civil war. we have this from the capital. >> it was once africa's longest civil war. it killed almost 2 million over two decades. now, there is a referendum on possible concessions should it lose. with the referendum running behind schedule, the rebels know where they are pointing the finger of blame. >> no, it would complicate the situation, which is already complicated, in sudan. no one knows exactly what is going to happen. there are a lot of emotions. most of what we are fearing, that parties, when they go back to work, there are many signals coming from the international congress. >> he says the southerners will vote for secession if they get a free and fair vote. america is offering a package of incentives to encourage khartoum there are promising early signs. >> it is what is already known. that is why we think that there is the high tide for president obama. we can lift the sudan. [unintelligible] when the united states of ameri

now there is a whole nother question which is the upcoming referendum in southern sudan about a new roundwar. this is one of the more bleak episodes in contemporary history. the u.n. does the live there -- does not look good there. and is a bleak statement about the current delegation. host: bruce jones talking to us about the united nations and its relevancy. thank you for taking the time to talk to us this morning. guest: think you for having me. host: we will look at the definition of a family. our guest is a sociologist named brian powell. he has a survey out on the american definitions of a family. we talk about what defines a family and how that is changing with our guest. he will be on in just a moment. we will be right back. we will be right back. >> today on a book tv, it is the national book festival from our capital. live all the coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern with author interviews, events, and your phone calls. for a list of authors and air times, visit booktv.org. >> the c-span the library is in the news this week. one writes that journalists on a deadline are using a

now there is a whole nother question which is the upcoming referendum in southern sudan about a new round of war. this is one of the more bleak episodes in contemporary history. the u.n. does the live there -- does not look good there. and is a bleak statementbout the current delegation. the current delegation. >> i must add that this must remine main the fact that this ra thousands of israeli prisoners. their suffering must be ended. >> in the event of the national right and freedom. our wounded hands are still capable of carrying an olive branch picked from the rubble we are keen on the establishments based on what is right. a settlement that leads to the complete withdraw by israel resulting in peace and communication. resulting and realizing we have excited to enter. >> the road map and the vision of the two state solutions, we have reaffirmed for the failure and the inability to reach the desired goals. requiring mainly the government to comply with the government and east jerusalem and surroundings. and put an anticipated to the policy of blockade and closure that restricts the live

now there is a whole nother question which is the upcoming referendum in southern sudan about a new round of war. this is one of the more bleak episodes in contemporary history. the u.n. does the live there -- does not look good there. and is a bleak statement about the current delegation. >> sunday on "washington journal," scott rasmussen on his book, how the tea party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system. then, peggy orchowski on issues surrounding the dream act, the pathway to citizenship for some children of illegal aliens. after that, dr. gerard gioia on protecting student athletes from concussions. plus, your e-mails and phone calls. "washington journal" -- live sunday at 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> experience american history tv, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. hear eyewitness accounts of events. visit museums, historical sites, and college campuses, as top history professors and leading historians build and to america's past. american history tv -- all weekend, every weekend, on c- span3. >> c-span networks provide c

sudan caucus for introducing this resolution to remind us of the important work that needs to be done to implement the final stages of the comprehensive peace agreement between national congress party and the southern sued niece liberation movement in -- sudanese liberation movement in sudan. and in that regard, madam speaker, i'd ask unanimous consent to submit the remainder of my statement to the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tanner: we will reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i'm pleased to rise in support of h.res. 1588 which i am an original co-sponsor. madam speaker, we are all too familiar with the famous quote by the american philosopher george santana who said those who can't remember the past are condemned to repeat it. the truth is realized in the case of war and genocide. general romeo tried unsuccessfully in 1994 to warn the united nations that huge massacres were eminent in that country. even he miscalculated the threat. 800,000 people died in rwanda. former ambassador to ewing sloffia, who served as deputy secretary o

sudan. there are a lot of the motions -- emotions. we are fearing that parties could go back to work. >> hillary clinton said the southerners will vote for succession if they get a free and fair vote. america is offering a package of incentives and further sanctions. there are some promising early signs. >> sudan -- [inaudible] we think it is high time for the american administration and president obama to lift the sanctions on sudan. >> with most of sudan's lucrative oil resources in the south, human rights organizations are questioning whether the north can contemplate lead in the south go. >> president obama's support for this meeting comes at a critical time. in sudan, one thing is clear. no amount of international pressure will work unless the sudanese themselves are prepared to sort out their own problems. >> very important talks at the u.n. about sudan. joining me from new york is our correspondent. who is going to be at this meeting, bob? >> president obama is attending. he announced that he would do so two weeks in advance to try to get more interest in the meeting and get other heads of state to come. we believe there will b

sudan are due to vote in january on whether to secede from the north. mr. obama warned that if the vote is not credible, there could be new violence. parts of western wisconsin and southern minnesota were paralyzed today after severe flooding. remnants of tropical storm georgette have dumped nearly a foot of rain this week. that sent rivers and streams rising out of their banks, washing out roads and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. the governors of both states have declared emergencies. comedian and satirist stephen colbert took his celebrity to a u.s. house hearing today to raise awareness about farm workers. colbert recently spent a day picking beans in a united farm workers program called "take our jobs." it aims to show that few americans will do such work, leaving low-paid illegal immigrants to do it. >> i think there are way too many undocumented mexican workers here in the united states doing jobs. and i think that we've ignored this issue for too long and it is time to roll up our sleeves and face this issue imagineo-- mano a whatever the spanish word for mano is. >> sreenivasan: colbert stayed in character as a mock news commentator for much of the heari